Reseda luteola - Weld - (Resedaceae)

Weld is widespread and fairly common throughout the UK and Ireland, although more so in the south and east.

This plant is also known as Dyer's Rocket, because of the yellow flavone dye derived from it. The flower spikes can be more than a metre tall, and the flowers appear from June until August. This valued wild plant probably became cultivated from neolithic times onwards and can still be found in the margins of cultivated land and on waysides.

Weld